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News Of OSE
OSE are encouraged to send
to Phillipa Minty in the OSE
Office news which they
consider will be of interest
to contemporaries and to
the School. We warmly
welcome stories and photos
of OSEs, their families and
friends, both during Teddies
and after their time here.
We would also like to ask
for help fromOSE to inform
us of OSE who have passed
away. Changes of address,
email etc should also be
notified to Phillipa directly.
The OSE Office is
upstairs in the Lodge
and we warmly welcome
visits from any OSE who
are passing or visiting the
school.
St Edward’s School Society
Oxford OX2 7NN
Tel No. 01865 319 438
News of OSE
1966 – (A) B J Hutchinson – I was a
solicitor, originally in private practice
but in my early forties went into
industry and ended up as solicitor and
company secretary to a large energy
company. I retired in 2004. I am
married with two sons now in their
early thirties and am grandfather to
a grandaughter. I continued to play
rugby until my very early thirties,
and have sailed throughout my life.
In 2000/2001, I took part in the BT
Global Challenge yacht race around
the world. I still trying to keep a single
figure golf handicap but it is a struggle!
1969 – (B) M M Young – I
attended St Edward’s during
the 1968 – 1969 school year as a
visiting American student, and I
recall it as the most challenging and
rewarding period of my education. I
spent many hours haunting Blackwells
(both the main and rare book stores),
where I developed a serious interest in
19th century English books, printing,
and illustration.
I have had a successful career as a
graphic designer and copywriter, while
pursuing my personal interests as a
collector. My first book, Field & Tuer,
The Leadenhall Press, was recently
published by Oak Knoll Press (US)
and the British Library (UK). It was
great fun to stumble upon a character
as delightful and witty as Andrew
Tuer, whose influential publishing
enterprise had never been catalogued.
1979 – (E) M B Peregrine – In January
2010 Mark was appointed the head
tutor at Raymond Blanc’s Cookery
School at Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons.
1982 – (B) E A D Brookes – Eagle-
eyed OSE will have spotted Adam
Brookes appearing on the BBC
News at Ten on 13 April 2010,
resplendent in his Rhubarb tie.
Adam is the BBC’s Washington
correspondent.
1993 – (A) A J Lye (née Sprague)
has recently been appointed a
Governor of Cranleigh School.
1996 – (F) W M R Woodhams
has been at Group LVMH (Louis
Vuitton Moët Hennessy) for 5 years,
working with Robert Rand (A 1988
– 1993), but has recently started at
French Connection Group as head
of global marketing and PR.
1999 – (E) N M Abu Nowar has
just released a short film. He writes
in to say “Death of a Boxer was my
first short fiction film. It was shot
for $1000 over approx 5 nights.
So far it’s played in competition at
the Miami Short Film Festival and
the Dubai International Festival.
We still have applications pending
with several other festivals, so
fingers crossed!”
1999 – C J Brierley (B 1994 – 1999)
& K R J Bingham (E 1994 – 99)
recently organised a ski touring trip
on the infamous Haute Route. Chris
writes, “We have remained in good
contact over the years and we had
always wanted to do the tour that
takes you from Mont Blanc and the
resort of Chamonix, in France, to
Zermatt, home of the Matterhorn,
in Switzerland. We did it in a
speedy 5 days and the trek consisted
of 120km of “as the crow flies”
distance, 4,700m of vertical climb
with the highest point being 3,800m
at the Pigne D’Arolla. We carried
all our kit and it was certainly an
exercise in fitness, not skiing ability! Chris Brierley and Kenny Bingham on the Haute Route
Still from Naji Abu Nowar’s short film “Death of a boxer”
We each organised different parts
of the trip and got 8 other friends to
join us, including a great university
friend of mine whom Kenny and I
played a great deal of rugby against
when he was at RGS High Wycombe.
I even proposed to my girlfriend Amy
Jeffray on arrival in Zermatt, so it was
a successful trip all round!”
1999 – J Forrester (A 1994 – 1999)
wrote in to say, “I coached the
Singapore national team this year,
Nick Dancer, James Forrester and George
Rippon in Singapore
n
ew
s
where George Rippon (K 1994 – 1999)
won two caps playing at loose head
prop and Nick Dancer (E 1985 – 1990)
played tight head prop. Nick has been
playing for the national team for 3
years; George won his first cap this
year. We came runner up in the Asian
5 nations second tier competition.”
2003 – (G) M E Quartley has just
left RADA to take up professional
theatre engagements. He has been
cast as Lysander in the Globe
Theatre’s touring production of
A Midsummer Night’s Dream.